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Florida Weather Blasts Airshow, Tornadoes Toy with planes

What: Lakeland Linder Regional 2011 Sun n’ Fun fly-in and exposition
Where: Central Florida
When: March 31 2011
Who: Multiple injuries, no fatalities
Why: A tornado disrupted a central Florida airshow, although reports that a hanger collapsed on spectators is false. Seven people reported injuries but there were no fatalities. Heavy winds, damaging rain, fallen trees, and alot of wrecked planes. The airshow is planning on reopening Friday. You have to give them credit for that.

And elsewhere in Florida, the storm caused more problems. At Cape Canaveral exercises were put on hold while the storm passed through.

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